Title :
Design and prototyping of electric vehicles in Tunisia
Author_Institution :
Private Univ. of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
Abstract :
In this work we present the current state of development and future direction in the market for electric vehicles, with respect to the charging infrastructure. Specifically we discuss the electric vehicle network which is a proposed infrastructure system of publicly accessible charging stations, and battery swap stations to recharge electric vehicles. As Tunisia is a country with more than 250 sunny-days, it is reasonable to extend currently used filling stations by solar generators and battery-swapping equipment to build a balanced charging system for electric vehicles, support by renewable energy from distributed sources.
Keywords :
automobile industry; design; electric vehicles; market opportunities; solar power; Tunisia; battery swap stations; design; electric vehicle network; electric vehicles; infrastructure system; market; prototyping; publicly accessible charging stations; renewable energy; solar generators; Batteries; Generators; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Renewable energy resources; Stimulated emission; Electric Vehicles; FlexRay; MOST; Optical Data Bus;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253777